$370 Large Stack BBA
Day 1ab Completed
2019 Potomac Poker Open
$370 Large Stack BBA
Day: 1ab
Event Info
2019 Potomac Poker Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$370
Prize Pool
$100,000
Entries
330
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Players Left 1 / 330
Filter
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Day 1 of Event 8: $370 Large Stack BBA is in the books after over 17 hours of play total. The two flights of play drew 330 entries in total, 208 from Flight A and 122 from Flight B. At the end of the day just 25 players remained.
Leading both flights in chips at the day’s conclusion was Justin Arnwine who bagged a mountainous 1,728,000 stack, which is almost double any other players stack. Arnwine had a large stack for most of the later part of Flight A but his stack really sky-rocketed when he was the beneficiary of a dramatic hand in a three-way all in on the flop as he held pocket queens against pocket jacks and pocket kings and a queen hit the turn much to the delight of Arnwine to eliminate both of his opponents and give him an insurmountable chip lead.
Other big stacks to bag from Flight A were Tim Faro with 894,000, Ake Ngamsaard who finished with 735,000, Joseph Cutler (653,000) and Dennis Tsai (635,000).
Flight B was a smaller and more intimate affair as play slowed tremendously before the money bubble with two tables remaining. Phong Nguyen (934,000) and Dong Jun Ji (926,000) both collected eliminations just before the end of play to cut the flight to the ending amount of 9 and to increase their stacks to the biggest of Flight B.
The final 25 players will return in a few hours on August 1 at noon local time to play down to a winner. Play will start back up with 35 minutes remaining in level 20 with blinds at 10,000/20,000 and a 20,000 big blind ante.
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Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,728,000 | |
|
934,000 | |
|
926,000 | |
|
894,000 | |
|
||
|
766,000 | |
|
735,000 | |
|
653,000 | |
|
635,000 | |
|
574,000 | |
|
572,000 | |
|
564,000 | |
|
536,000 | |
|
489,000 | |
|
435,000 | |
|
396,000 | |
|
365,000 | |
|
|
336,000 | |
|
289,000 | |
|
271,000 | |
|
260,000 | |
|
230,000 | |
|
220,000 | |
|
182,000 | |
|
117,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
934,000
934,000
|
934,000 |
|
|
926,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
766,000
766,000
|
766,000 |
|
|
574,000
574,000
|
574,000 |
|
|
489,000
286,000
|
286,000 |
|
|
396,000
269,000
|
269,000 |
|
|
365,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
|
336,000
336,000
|
336,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
James Romoser's pocket nines fell victim to the pocket tens of his opponent and he was eliminated and with that play ended for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Dong Jun Ji woke up with pocket aces against his opponents ace-queen. The flop provided a little hope as it came 
for a broadway draw. But the turn and river were blanks to give Ji a huge elimination to trim the field of Flight B to 10.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
990,000
990,000
|
990,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level 19
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
..
Level 19
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
James Romoser shoved his remaining stack and found no callers to give him a mild chip up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Level 19
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Another lull has been hit with 13 remaining.
